Scrap of lined paper with a photograph mounted in the center. The photo shows three men posing in front of the White House: one standing, one leaning against a statue, and one reclining on the ground at the base of the statue. The handwritten note at the top of the paper points out "Rev'd Edw'd D. Neill __ __ __ an assistant Sec. to Pres. Lincoln 1864- ". A handwritten note on the bottom of the paper says, "White House, Washington, D.C. During President Lincoln's administration."
Eleven men seated next to tents, including Governor Alexander Ramsey and Col. Colville. The First Minnesota Regiment was the first voluntary infantry regiment to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War.This was taken at the country residence of Mr. George Brackett, Orono, Lake Minnetonka.
Caption on the back reads, "James Murray in his room. Cont. by Dean R.U. Jones." Dean Jones was Macalester Class of 1901, Head of the Chemistry Department from 1903-1941, and Dean of the College from 1917-1936.
1908 graduates in caps and gowns, with East and West Old Main in the background. Students identified are (left to right): James Todd Guy; Nina Foy Johnson; Rosella Evans; Martha Olson; Lydia Anna Schroedel; Lucy Hysolp; Richard Stanley Brown; Ralph Brinks; Luke Marvin; Walter Mell Hobart; (missing); Clarence Stearns; Hanna Sophia Berg; Peter McEwen; Margaret Kennedy; Margaret Elizabeth Guy; Clifford C. Cornwell; Edith Fredrica Cale; Robert Sinclair Wallace; Evan Milton Evans; Albert Peterson; Margaret Lakey; George Aiken.
Sam Cookman, Macalester College engineer and janitor, looking at machinery. Two students are in the doorway in the background. The caption on the back reads, "Old Engine room + Sam Cookman - Electric Light Plant."